Here are some significant developments:
- The United States is preparing to offer immunocompromised people booster shots “as quickly as possible,” the president’s top medical adviser, Anthony S. Fauci, said Thursday. The Food and Drug Administration could have a plan for boosters by early September focusing on people 65 and older, immunocompromised groups and those who got the shots early last winter, the Wall Street Journal reported.
- China’s President Xi Jinping said the country will export 2 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines and donate a further $100 million to Covax, a global initiative to distribute vaccine doses equitably. China reported 124 new cases on its mainland Friday, the highest daily total of its current outbreak as it faces a resurgence of infections, the largest since the original outbreak in Wuhan last year.
- In Japan, the virus is spreading quickly beyond the capital and Olympic host city, Tokyo, which logged a record number of new cases this week, amid a slow vaccine rollout and an increasingly apathetic public.
- India’s deadly experience with the delta variant, which was responsible for nearly 90 percent of cases at the peak of the second wave in May, could offer a preview for the United States and other countries.
- U.S. vaccine maker Novavax said Thursday it has asked regulators in India, Indonesia and the Philippines to allow emergency use of its coronavirus vaccine, even as it announced that the federal government would not fund further production of its vaccine until the company resolves concerns of U.S. federal regulators about its work, the New York Times reported.
from WordPress https://ift.tt/3lL5wYG
via IFTTT
No comments:
Post a Comment